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Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is
03612235971, 03612235642 .
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University – KKHSOU Guwahati first of its kind in the entire North East and fourteenth amongst the Open universities in India was established by the Assam Legislative Assembly by an Act (XXXVII of 2005) in 1995. The Act received the assent from the Governor on 7th September, 2005. Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University – KKHSOU Guwahati formally started functioning from December 11, 2006 after Professor Srinath Baruah, Professor in Economics, Gauhati University assumed office as its First Vice-Chancellor. Subsequently, the University declared July 20th, the birth day of Krishna Kanta Handiqui after whom the University was named, as its Foundation Day.
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University – KKHSOU Guwahati is named to honour the illustrious Pundit and Scholar Krishna Kanta Handiqui and his contribution to the state in the field of education. Born on 20th July, 1898 to a respectable family at Jorhat, a small upper Assam tea town, Krishna Kanta Handiqui epitomized a rare combination of profound knowledge and high order of academic administration.
A First Class Master’s in Sanskrit in 1919 from Calcutta University and a 1st Class Master’s in History with Honours in 1923 from Oxford University, Handiqui was acknowledged as one of the greatest Sanskrit Scholars and brought him the rare honour of presiding over in the All India Oriental Conference, Classical Sanskrit Section in 1951.
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University – KKHSOU Guwahati offers different kind of undergraduate, certificate and diploma courses.Professor Handiqui was honoured by the Deccan College as Honorary Fellow in 1968, which only a few scholars of outstanding merit, had such privilege by then. He not only studied but also mastered as many as eleven languages which included Latin, Greek, Italian, French, German, Spanish & Russian besides Pali & Prakrit.
He was also awarded the Honorary degree of D. Lit. by Gauhati and Dibrugarh Universities in 1968 and 1972 respectively. He was the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha, the apex literary body of Assam, in the year 1937 and was later conferred with the highest honour of being “Sadasya Mahiyan” of Assam Sahitya Sabha.
The headquarter of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University – KKHSOU Guwahati is Guwahati and its jurisdiction covers the whole of the state of Assam and beyond, as may be necessary, for the purpose of extending distance education. The University presently functions from its temporary office located at the Housefed Complex, Last gate, Dispur, Guwahati-6.
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Address
The address of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is Housefed Complex Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati.
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Email Address
The email address of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is
registrar@kkhsou.org.
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Website
The Website of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is
www.kkhsou.org.
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